Education response
A progress report by the
Independent Reviewer on
Social Mobility and Child Poverty
October 2012
University Challenge: How Higher Education Can Advance Social Mobility A progress report by the Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty October 2012
University Challenge:
How Higher Education Can
Advance Social Mobility
Contents
Foreword and summary
1
Chapter 1
Introduction
11
Chapter 2
Access all areas
19
Chapter 3
Making the grade
27
Chapter 4
Getting ready – reaching out to potential applicants
33
Chapter 5
Getting in – university admissions
45
Chapter 6
Staying in – student retention
59
Chapter 7
Getting on – student outcomes
67
Chapter 8
How government can help
75
Annex
Acknowledgements
87
References
89
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Foreword and summary
Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn,
Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty
Like so many others of my generation I was the first in my family to go to university. It was an experience that changed my life. As a child from a council estate I was lucky enough to end up in the Cabinet. I was born at the right time. In
mid-20th-century
Independent Reviewer on
Social Mobility and Child Poverty
October 2012
University Challenge: How Higher Education Can Advance Social Mobility A progress report by the Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty October 2012
University Challenge:
How Higher Education Can
Advance Social Mobility
Contents
Foreword and summary
1
Chapter 1
Introduction
11
Chapter 2
Access all areas
19
Chapter 3
Making the grade
27
Chapter 4
Getting ready – reaching out to potential applicants
33
Chapter 5
Getting in – university admissions
45
Chapter 6
Staying in – student retention
59
Chapter 7
Getting on – student outcomes
67
Chapter 8
How government can help
75
Annex
Acknowledgements
87
References
89
© Crown copyright 2012
You may reuse this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the
Open Government Licence.
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Foreword and summary
Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn,
Independent Reviewer on Social Mobility and Child Poverty
Like so many others of my generation I was the first in my family to go to university. It was an experience that changed my life. As a child from a council estate I was lucky enough to end up in the Cabinet. I was born at the right time. In
mid-20th-century
References: 10. Wilson, T., A Review of Business – University Collaboration, 2012 12. 1994 Group, Submission to Call for Evidence, 2011 13 at the Heart of the System, 2011 2. HM Government, Opening Doors, Breaking Barriers: A Strategy for Social Mobility, 2011 3. Higher Education Funding Council for England, Student Number Controls and Teaching Funding, 2012 4. Lord Browne, Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education in England, 2010 5. ComRes/BBC poll, October 2011 16. Milburn, A., Fair Access to Professional Careers, 2012 6. National Foundation for Educational Research, Do I Really Need a Degree?, 2012 17 at the Heart of the System, 2011 19 England, 2012 20 International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base, 2011 Education, 2010 22 The Returns to Higher Education Qualifications, 2011 23 One Step Beyond: Making the Most of Postgraduate Education, 2010 24. CentreForum, Mastering Postgraduate Funding, 2011 25